Immigration

American Green Card Visa Lottery

WHAT TO DO FOR THE WINNER OF THE FIRST ROUND OF DV As already reported in the last July issue of "Zagranitsa" (No. 30), the U.S. Department of State announced the results of the Diversity Immigrant…

French Jews in No Hurry to Move to Israel

The recent scandal surrounding French President Jacques Chirac's withdrawal of an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to visit Paris proved as short-lived as an unexpected and rare…

Social assistance for Germans abroad

Not so long ago, this topic occupied the front pages of the German press. It concerns the payment of German social assistance to citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany permanently residing…

Results of the Green Card Lottery DV-2005

The U.S. State Department has published the results of the next drawing of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (better known as the Green Card lottery) DV-2005. This year the total number of…

Illegals in Switzerland face even tougher times

A 29-hour debate in the lower house of the Swiss parliament led to the adoption - by a slim majority (64 to 48) - of four amendments to the country's immigration legislation, known as the 'Foreigners…

Australia opens borders for refugees

Three Stories from the Lives of Illegal Immigrants

In any city in the world, in any crowd, I recognize them by a certain inner oppression, uncertainty, by a dull look and an inability to smile. I have met them in the gloomy Paris metro and on busy…

No one wanted to leave

Not only cheap Eastern European labor resources, but also the routine fight against the criminal underworld makes rich countries look with anxious concern at the opening borders, notes Novye Rubezhi…

Russia's Anti-Migration Policy

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are about 5 million illegal migrants in Russia. The Federal Migration Service (FMS), which is undergoing its seventh reorganization in the last…

French immigrants retreat into ghettos

A report commissioned by the French government concludes that many of the country's poorest areas, populated by Muslims of North African descent, have in effect become ghettos, BBC reports.

Receiving a widow's pension in Germany. The Federal Social Court of Germany affirmed the right of late resettlers

I want to share joyful news with the entire older generation of Russian Germans. The Federal Social Court of Germany (Bundessozialgericht), as the highest judicial authority for reviewing the…

Immigration process to Canada: choosing a consultant is a serious matter.

Immigration process to Canada: choosing a consultant is a serious matter.